Review of The Fifth Estate (2013) by Tarek F — 11 May 2014

Written by David Domscheit-Berg and David Lee (both who were involved with the novel) and director Bill Condon, "The Fifth Estate" goes right to life of Julian Assange. Condon's former films "Kinsey" (2004) and "Dreamgirls" (2006) are both well-crafted films. "The Fifth Estate" plummeted at the box office opening weekend and its budget only got up to $28,000,000 (estimated). This is shocking given that it gears on one of the most wanted man in history...Julian Assange.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks: a website invented to share the deceptions and corruptions of power in the government. His colleague is Daniel Berg (played by Daniel Bruhl); a professional hacker that teams up with Assange. Berg tags along, but becomes hesitant once he realizes that Assange wants to expose the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in history.